Chris Murphy

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Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

2/ Over the last decade, Republicans have pushed to intentionally create a massive backlog in the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program - the one we use to bring Afghan partners to America, by putting onerous conditions on the applications. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 22, 2021

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Spare me the make believe indignation from Republicans about the Afghanistan evacuation. 1/ Here's the story of the relentless Republican effort (led by President Trump) to undermine and destroy the programs that help bring Afghan refugees to the U.S. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 22, 2021

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3/ In 2016, Obama asked to increase the cap for the SIV program. Senate Republicans objected. Then, the Trump Admin started slowing down SIV processing. When Biden took over, there were 10,000 unfilled visas, despite 17,000 applications in the pipeline. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 22, 2021